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by meuk 9y ago
Swiss people are - almost without exception - filthy rich ;)
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I think the pay is more equal in Europe. I have finished multiple studies and work as a software developer, but I only make about 15% more than a friend who did not finish an academic study and works in logistics. If you're a bartender
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by meuk 9y ago
It's mostly a matter of perception, but I agree wholeheartedly. While the US is a beautiful, rich, and diverse country, it is hardly developed in many aspects. The education and healthcare is problematic and class-based, and many polic
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by meuk 9y ago
Agreed. College/university is more of a party experience for most, it doesn't necessarily help you doing your job (although it may help you do your job, since many employers require you to some degree).
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Well, I would argue that eating less calories definitely help. But sugar doesn't stop the hunger, and you need a certain amount of vitamin, protein, and fibers as well. My mom calls food with just sugar 'empty calories', a te
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Driving without brakes is just ridiculously dumb in general, but especially so in a place like NYC.
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Nice post. About the article: it must have taken some balls (for lack of a better expression) to turn down the position as von Neumann's assistant.
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by meuk 9y ago
"For beginners, and especially for people working on their own, I recommend delaying the pain." No, no, no, no, no! This is exactly what caused the problem in the first place. That you need an IDE is one of the biggest lies in pro
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by meuk 9y ago
Well, it is super useful do be able to do exact arithmetic. For example, to not get scammed when you buy anything, or share a bill. I've seen American university students who don't know how to compute a percentage of a given amoun
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by meuk 9y ago
From the linked page: "Students who enter the program [...] are informed [...] about the government's beliefs about the dangers of recreational drug use [...]" This wording is very suggestive, and I think that part of the pro
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by meuk 9y ago
The name has its origin in type theory (you also have product types). It's not the best name I guess, but not the worst either: If we have type A with n terms and type B with m terms, then the sum type of A and B has n + m terms. There
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by meuk 9y ago
The Netherlands. There work about 25 people at my office. I am currently working at a client, where there are again no women in the software engineering department (about 15 people).
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by meuk 9y ago
Artificial? I would say cultural. I would surely like there to be more women in CS. There are literally no women at my office, and the only women I met for the last six months are from HR. I am single, and so is about 50% of my coworkers -
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by meuk 9y ago
I am quite bitter about the state of affairs. If a company decides to screw you over, they pretty much can. Legally, there is not much you can do if you're not filthy rich. The most you can do is make a fuss about it on social media. I
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I'm losing faith in America(drewdevault.com)
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by meuk 9y ago
> What does that have to do with what you should be paid? I would expect that my effort would have at least some positive effect on my starter's income. > I think Western Europe has a harmful fixation on a persons credentials. I
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by meuk 9y ago
My view on this is a little bit different. Linux Torvalds and Richard Stallman are not willing to turn to degenerate practices for profit. People like Steve Jobs are. However, most people are impressed by casual impressions and simply don&#
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by meuk 9y ago
While I don't like Microsoft, I think Bill Gates is an extremely smart and well-meaning guy. In public opinion, it is far more important how charismatic you are. IMO Steve Jobs was a terrible person, and this can be seen from his actio
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by meuk 9y ago
I don't have time to implement a tool for implementing CRUD. Wouldn't it be better to not have so many layers of abstraction that you need a tool in the first place? Let me elaborate on what it took me to implement a CRUD controll
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by meuk 9y ago
This seems more sane IMO. The pay in the US seems just crazy. Programming an sich is absolutely not something you need an extensive training for. On the other hand, I spent a huge amount of time and effort on my eduation. While I could no
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by meuk 9y ago
I recently started working as a programmer and don't like it. I started coding when I was about twelve, and did a CS bachelor and CE master. I like coding. I don't like, however, my work as a programmer. The tasks are just too mun
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by meuk 9y ago
IMHO, the title should be fixed to mention that it is only about developer compensation in the USA . I am always surprised at the salaries in the USA. I have two bachelor degrees and two master degrees from two well established universitie
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by meuk 9y ago
Related: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/11/11/the-law-of-leaky-a...
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by meuk 9y ago
While I thoroughly enjoy Terry Tao's work and am a big admirer of his down-to-earth philosophy, I don't really understand why this particular article is so popular. Indeed, the top comment (which made me LOL, btw) seems to reflect
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That is actually very good to know!
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Agreed. "It is well-known" should be read as "It is well-known among specialists". On the other hand, I have some professors who abused the word "trivial" to mean "it can be proven by me". One profess
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by meuk 9y ago
Not sure why this is being downvoted. I'm afraid you're right that many commercial, closed-source CPU's are faster, but (depending on your application) it's not that bad. CPU's in smartphones are ridiculously over
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I agree, the single, superfast CPU model is outdated. It's a shame that multiprocessor programming is hard (or is it? It might also just be a vicious circle: 'not many people do MPP because the facilities suck because not many peo
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by meuk 9y ago
The web (by that I mean most browsers and most web pages) is designed for hi-end devices. Text-based browsing also ought to be possible, but often doesn't work well in practice because it's not a common use case, and so it's
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There are many open source processors that are available for synthesis on FPGA's (see opencores.org). The cost/effort of deployment is just much higher.

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